Tom Mitchell

Tom Mitchell is emeritus professor of Theatre at the University of Illinois and Festival Scholar for the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis. His edition The Caterpillar Dogs: Early Stories by Tennessee Williams was published by New Directions in 2023, and another critical edition Tennessee Williams: Early Stories from St. Louis will be available from the University of Iowa Press in 2025. Mitchell edited “Why Did Desdemona Love the Moor?” and “The Lost Girl” for the Tennessee Williams Annual Review. Most recently, Tom staged “Men from the Polar Star,” a science-fiction story, for the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival.